Three times Congress has taken up legislation to fund the continuing response to the Zika outbreak.
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More than one year after the Zika virus broke out in Brazil, the University of Maryland is still trying to get the message out to students.
Florida officials are expected to declare the Wynwood section of Miami free of Zika on Monday morning, ending a nearly two-month period where the p
Via the South China Morning Post: How strong is Singapore’s safety net against the Zika virus?
I will admit to not having had a lot of training in tropical medicine during medical school and residency, but the Zika virus is a current virus th
Jamaica Gleaner / At a recent Gleaner Editors Forum examining Jamaica's management of the zika virus epidemic, medical professionals and stake
WASHINGTON - Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio don’t see eye-to-eye on domestic programs or international policy.
America’s top public health agency could lift its Zika virus travel advisory for the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami as early as Monday, officials sa
Zika has been a hot topic in headlines for a while now and will probably continue to be as we learn more and more about the disease and its effect
The Zika virus is acquired through bites from infected Aedes aegypti mosquitos.
(Did you know the first female-to-male Zika STD case was found in NYC?!) And now, per the latest Zika findings, it seems that the virus might be ab
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is heading to Wynwood Monday amid expectations that the trendy Miami neighborhood will be declared Zika free.
KLANG - The victim of the country's first reported Zika infection case has fully recovered, according to a relative.
Senior policy analysts with Planned Parenthood were perplexed in June when they first saw a provision excluding their partner clinics in Puerto Ric
Adoption aid to Zika: Arizona state agencies seek millions for projects Arizona state agencies this month submitted their annual budget requests to
MIAMI BEACH — As Miami Beach works to blunt the spread of Zika — a virus that is taking a toll on tourism here — the city is wrestling with a separ
“Summer has come and passed. The innocent can never last.
With Congress back from its seven-week recess, President Obama issued a terse reminder for Republican lawmakers that a slew of time-sensitive issue
California needs to be better prepared for the Zika virus and do more to educate people about how it spreads, especially since federal funding has
However, the most concern comes from its fatal effect to a pregnant woman, especially to the unborn baby.
There is no cure or vaccine.
Concern is growing in the medical community over the time its taking to get Zika test results in pregnant woman.
After five new cases of the mosquito-borne virus believed to cause a severe birth defect were identified in the area, on Friday state officials in
Eighty percent of women who gave birth to babies with microcephaly had been infected by Zika while pregnant, the team found - compared to 64 percen
On Monday, Miami Beach could be the only place in the U.S.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In the only U.S.
Scammers make their living preying on our fears. With the Zika outbreak in Miami, scammers are cashing in on our anxiety about the disease.
State officials in Florida on Friday tripled the active Zika transmission zone in the trendy seaside community of Miami Beach after five new cases
KUCHING: The Institute for Medical Research is conducting tests to ascertain the Zika virus strain in two infected Sarawakian sisters, said Health
SINGAPORE - There were 14 new Zika cases reported in Singapore on Friday (Sept 16), bringing the total number to 369 since the start of the outbrea
Florida health officials are expanding the local transmission area in Miami Beach, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday evening.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (WSVN) - Florida Gov.
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — The Miami Department of Health teamed up with Home Depot on Saturday to host an educational event dedicated to safety against mo
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Carlos Varas, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, uses a Golden Eagle blower to spray pesticide to kill mosquitos in the Miami Beach ne
A new study finds that surveillance systems in Europe could detect increases in microcephaly (babies born with an abnormally small head) due to the
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MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) — In the only U.S.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – In the only U.S.
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott on Friday used his emergency powers to order the state to set aside another $10 million to battle the Zika virus.
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Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday morning that he had authorized an additional $10 million in state funds to fight the spread of the Zika virus.
The Zika virus transmission zone in Miami Beach has been expanded to an area including the famed Fontainebleau Hotel, Florida governor Rick Scott a
The zone of active transmission of Zika virus in Miami Beach has tripled to now encompass two-thirds of the seaside city. Gov.
When gas prices go up and wages go down, one of the first things consumers slash from their budgets is a vacation.
Zika can be detected in fluid inside the eyelid and in the eye's outermost layer, a new study shows.
There have been more than 18,000 cases of Zika in the U.S. and its territories.
A first-of-its-kind study is strengthening the case that Zika is the culprit behind Brazil’s mysterious surge in babies born with microcephaly.
MIAMI – For months, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and state agencies have reported almost daily on the public health crisis posed by the spread of Zika.